Here is a real hands-on opportunity to meet Cumbria’s most famous residents. Visitors are guaranteed a wonderfully woolly experience as we bring you face-to-face...

Castlegate House is a commercial gallery specialising in northern and Scottish artists. Sited in a beautiful Georgian House it mounts 8 exhibitions each year and...

Elva Plain is a small stone circle on the southern slope of Elva Hill near Cockermouth in Cumbria. It’s located in the middle of a...

Scale Force lies to the south of Crummock Water, near the village of Buttermere (and close to Keswick). It’s the highest waterfall in the...

Jennings Brewery is situated in the shadow of historic Cockermouth Castle. Discover how our real ales are still brewed in the traditional way using pure...

This beautiful Georgian townhouse is located within the charming town of Cockermouth in Cumbria, and is noted as the birthplace of William Wordsworth in 1770....

A family-run water sports centre based on the scenic banks of Derwentwater. We offer a range of high quality tuition or hire in canoes, kayaks,...

Trotters World of Animals is home to hundreds of friendly animals including traditional favourites, endangered species, birds of prey and reptiles with parts many under...

For over 30 years Thornthwaite Galleries has been a ‘country gallery’ and a true centre of excellence for artists exhibiting the very best of painstaking...

Maryport has a long history that is associated with the sea, and many of the people here have been involved with maritime affairs, or are...

The Lake District Coast Aquarium is an award winning, privately owned medium-sized aquarium. We specialise in native British aquatic life and have 20 years’ experience...

Part of Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site, the museum is sited on cliffs overlooking the harbour at Maryport. The oldest antiquarian collection in the country,...

The Derwentwater Marina organises a range of instructional and exciting 1, 2 day or week long courses in a wide range of activities for individuals...

Lady Of The Lakes Catholic Church is Keswick’s Catholic church, and holds regular services. Sunday Mass is at 8am and 10:45am, Weekday Mass is at...

Cumberland Pencil Museum, and Cumberland pencils themselves, are famous the world over, and were used to draw the animation ’The Snowman’. Inside the museum you...

Keswick Climbing Wall offers a whole range out indoor and outdoor activites. All the staff are qualified to work with children, and so can offer...

The Sharp Edge Gallery is run by several local artists to showcase their work. Entry is free, and you’re sure to find something to your...

Come and see wonderful attraction and go home feeling more puzzled than ever! We offer a unique concept for the young and old alike....

Keswick has a long history of mining, dating back to 1564 when German mining experts arrived to look for copper and lead. When pencil making...

The history of the Moot Hall is sketchy, but there are reports of a significant building on the site as early as 1571. The current...

Keswick Museum tells the stories of the unique and varied past of the town. Keswick is well known for the first pencils, some very famous...

Gallery 26 at 27 is an art gallery with a mission – to become one of the top galleries outside London with some of the...

Any visitor to Keswick would be foolish to leave without taking a different perspective on the town – from Derwentwater lake! For a quick trip,...

Keswick’s world-famous Theatre By The Lake has its origins in a mobile theatre that toured the country in the 60s and 70s. Its popularity declined...

Derwent Island House is a magnificent mansion house and stately home which is one of the most well-loved man made features of this natural area....

Derwentwater is a 3-mile long lake in Cumbria with a historical and literary background. One of the best ways to experience the lake is...

Catbells is a Lakeland fell just south of Keswick, popular with walkers. For those interested in the leisurely walk to the summit, you can...

Maiden Moor forms part of the Newlands Round (near Keswick) which many locals would argue you should walk in an anti-clockwise direction. This is because,...

The walk out to Latrigg will give you some of the best views in the whole of best views England. There are two ways you...

Castlerigg Stone Circle, on the outskirts of Keswick, is very easily accessible. For this reason, and also due to its stunning beauty, it’s also the...

Lowes Court Gallery displays contemporary and traditional art and craft by artists from Cumbria and bordering counties. The Gallery, an 18th century listed building houses...

Situated on Whitehaven’s striking harbourside, the recently refurbished Beacon is home to Copeland’s treasured museum collection. Journey through the areas rich heritage from pre-history to...

Haig Colliery Mining Museum, Whitehaven, is an educational and informative developing museum based on the local industrial and social mining history. The museum houses the...

The Florence Mine Heritage Centre runs along side the Egremont Mining Company to offer underground tours so that our visitors can experience for themselves what...

Gosforth Pottery is situated 200 yards from the A595 at the northern end of Gosforth. We have been making pots professionally for twenty years. As...

Home to the Penningtons for 800 years, experience the wild splendour of over 70 acres of plants and trees from all over the world -...

The impressive remains of the Roman bath house at Ravenglass are among the most complete in Britain. Ravenglass was an important strategic port and naval...

Sellafield is one of the most famous sites owned by BNFL and has had a long and controversial existence in Cumbria. The visitors centre...

The most beautiful train journey in England. Situated in the English Lake District this 15" Narrow Gauge Railway carries passengers from the old Roman Port...

Set in an unusual and inspiring building, Rheged is a place to relax, explore and take in the spirit of Cumbria. Europe’s largest grass-covered...